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The New Pope is Cardinal Robert Prevost. He is an American and is the first American pope. He has chosen the name Leo XIV. I do not know if he is a traditionalist or more of a modernist.

He is a Cubs fan. That is the most important thing. But I just hope that he has a positive relationship with Israel.

Okay, Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexually assaulting several women. He is, of course, denying the charges. My only question is has anyone ever said "Yes. I admit it. I did it."? I certainly don't recall it happening.

The Pakistan Super League, which i believe is a Cricket league, will be playing the remainder of its games in the UAE, for obvious reasons.

Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

C. John wrote: "Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

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It figures I would get that one wrong.

Terry Brunk, better known as the wrestler Sabu, has passed away at age 60. Sabu was a proponent of what is termed the 'hardcore' style of professional wresting and chiefly made his reputation in ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling).

C. John wrote: "Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

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Oscar Piastri, of course. But...I didn't take the quiz yet.

Lance wrote: "C. John wrote: "Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

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I went with a driver who always seems to win.

Either Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen?

The latter.

Wolves now up 3-1 on Golden State. Yes, the Warriors don't have Curry, but I liked the Wolves as a team to win this series even before the injury. Julius Randle has been fantastic in the playoffs. National media was whining after the Wolves eliminated the Lakers and the LeBron-Luka duo, now they'll whine again after they eliminate Curry and the Warriors.

Im whining only because I don’t watch much basketball but if I do watch I want to see LeBron vs Curry and now it looks like Celtics about to be eliminated as well. I’ll stick with hockey.

The networkds want to see the star matchups in the playoffs because they know the average person is only interested in those. When there wasn't as much competition for the entertainment dollar/eye balls it wasn't as important. That isn't the situation now. Of ourse those eyeballs indicate how much the networks can charge for ads and thus how much they can spend on sports properties. Of course they also hope the viewer of, say the NBA final will stick around to watch other network programing, or be enticed into doing so.

Well...there is this guy on the Timberwolves who gets exposure - last I heard, he's pretty good - goes by the name Anthony Edwards...

And sorry, Brina - looks like my team knocked out both of your guys...

They not my guys. Only guy I have is his Royal Airness and he retired over 20 years ago. Hence reason I don’t watch much hoops anymore.

Everton's current home has gotten a reprieve. Goodison Park was going to be torn down to make way for a redeveloping of the site when Everton moves into its new stadium. However the new owners, who happen to be American, would prefer to see the park somehow incorporated into whatever developement takes place. So now it is going to be turned over to the Everton Women's team for their use.

So Jason Tatum is done for the playoffs and it seems next season as well. This is not good for the Celtics.

Looking at a comic book cover that was in an email from Pinterest. It was for a non-existant book that pits DC characters agains Marvel characters. In this case it was two teams of Super-Villains. The thing was that as far as DC goes there were a couple I didn't recognize but most I did. However as far as the Marvel side went I have no clue as to who any of them were.

Doug Cifu, the vice chairman of the Florida Panters has been suspended by the NHL for inappropriate comments he made on social media during a 'discussin' with a Leafs fan.

I know some don't like mixing politics and sports but I have to, as a proud Canadian, share the following quote from today's Morning Brew newsletter. It is part of an article on how tourism to the US is down this year.

"Canada’s response to President Trump’s rhetoric about annexation is giving New York far more problems than the Boston Celtics"

Timberwolves win! Reaching the conference finals for the second consecutive year. Of course, the national announcers were making excuses for the Warriors since Curry was injured…but they so often forget basketball is a team game. Wolves had the better overall team even if Curry was healthy.

An official with FIFA has suggested that the England should host the World Cup in 2038. Not sure if he meant England or the UK. If the UK then there is a problem in that the four components of the UK are separate countries as far as Football is concerned. See how this plays out I guess.